2022 Roundup
Since 2010, I’ve done yearly personal updates, which I have always found to be both enjoyable and illuminating. So I thought I’d […]
Author: To Summarise
Book Summary: Four Thousand Weeks by Oliver Burkeman
Four thousand weeks is roughly the number of weeks you’ll have if you live to about 80. Although the book’s subtitle is “Time management for mortals”, it’s not really about time management (in the conventional sense). Rather, it’s about values and priorities and making the most of our limited time on this earth.
Four Thousand Weeks – 10 Practical Tools to Help Embrace Your Finitude
In the Appendix to Four Thousand Weeks, Burkeman sets out 10 practical tools that will help you embrace your finitude
Four Thousand Weeks – Five Questions to Ask Yourself
In Four Thousand Weeks, Oliver Burkeman suggests asking yourself these five questions to make his ideas more concrete. The five questions are […]
Book Summary: How to Read a Book by Mortimer Adler and Charles Van Doren
Think you already know how to read? Think again. In this summary of How to Read a Book, I take you through […]
Mortimer Adler’s Reading List from “How to Read a Book”
In How to Read a Book, Mortimer Adler and Charles Van Doren put forward a recommended reading list, of truly great books […]
Analytical Reading (from “How to Read a Book”)
Here I summarise the 11 rules of analytical reading, from How to Read a Book by Mortimer Adler and Charles Van Doren. […]
Podcast Summary: EconTalk – Will MacAskill on Longtermism and What We Owe the Future
Will MacAskill discusses longtermism and his book What We Owe the Future with Russ Roberts in this EconTalk podcast.
Podcast Summary: EconTalk – David McRaney on How Minds Change
The traditional information deficit hypothesis thought you could change people’s minds by giving them facts. That hypothesis turned out to be wrong.
The 48 Laws of Power is Not a “How To” Book
The 48 Laws of Power is written like a “how to” book, but should not be read as such. If read that way, it’s a terrible book. Not only does it encourage you to be an awful person, it doesn’t give much guidance on how to apply the laws in practice.